The Effects of Fibrinogen Concentrate Infusion on Blood Loss and Allogeneic Blood Conservation in Scoliosis Surgery

This is a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled trial to evaluate the effects of fibrinogen concentrate infusion on perioperative blood loss and the amount of perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion in patients undergoing scoliosis surgery.

Recently, the inherent risks of blood, along with the continued rise in blood costs, activated the development and use of alternatives to blood transfusion. Fibrinogen concentrate may limit postoperative bleeding and lead to a significant reduction in allogeneic blood products transfusions in cardiac surgery and craniosynostosis surgery. However, the effect of fibrinogen concentrate in scoliosis surgery is still uncertain. Therefore, a prospective, randomized trial is designed to evaluate if the infusion of fibrinogen concentrate may reduce allogeneic blood transfusion in patients undergoing scoliosis surgery.

Patients older than 12y/o with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis planed for elective posterior scoliosis correction surgery will be enrolled for this study after informed consent. Patients will be randomly assigned to a treatment group or a control group. Functional fibrinogen will be measured using TEG 5000 (Haemoscope Corp, IL, USA) at the start of surgery and the results of FLEV and MA will be recorded. After pedicle screw placement, a second functional fibrinogen will be measured and the patients in treatment group will receive fibrinogen concentrate (FIBRORAAS, Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co, Ltd, Shanghai, China) 30mg kg-1. For safety concern, the maximum fibrinogen concentrate administration for each individual shall not exceed either 2g. Patients in the control group will receive placebo treatment with normal saline. After 15 minutes from fibrinogen concentrate or placebo administration, a third functional fibrinogen measurement will be performed to assess the effect of treatment. The following treatment will be guaranteed by the standard protocol in the presence of ongoing bleeding.

Data includes all the demographics, preoperative conditions, procedure details, intraoperative data, and outcome measurements will be recorded. Additional data including FLEV and MA value, as well as fibrinogen values both preoperatively and at the arrival at wards. The primary endpoint of this study will be the total perioperative blood loss, and secondary endpoints will include: perioperative blood loss per fused level, intraoperative blood loss per fused level, the amount of postoperative drainage, the amount of postoperative drainage per fused level, total units of perioperative allogeneic pRBCs transfused, total volume of FFP transfused, total PLT units transfused. Safety endpoints will include operative mortality and perioperative thromboembolic complications.

Inclusion criteria

• patients diagnosed as adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
• planed for elective posterior scoliosis correction surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Exclusion criteria

• preoperative anemia
• preoperative congenital or acquired coagulopathy
• ongoing anticoagulation therapy or drug intake that could cause bleeding
• clinical signs or diagnosis of acute thromboembolism
• emergency surgery
• redo surgery